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Tracking the history of Ryder Glacier and its ice tongue during the past 11,000 years

Tracking the history of Ryder Glacier and its ice tongue during the past 11,000 years

This article is part of the Fall 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Modeling past and future land cover in the Delaware River Basin

Modeling past and future land cover in the Delaware River Basin

This article is part of the Fall 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Marine clams shed light on past climate patterns of the North Atlantic

Marine clams shed light on past climate patterns of the North Atlantic

This article is part of the Fall 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Fossilized Footprints Reveal Human Habitation of North America Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought

Fossilized Footprints Reveal Human Habitation of North America Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought

ALAMOGORDO – New scientific research conducted at White Sands National Park in New Mexico has uncovered the oldest known human footprints in North...

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Picture This: A National Climate Change Viewer that Helps Land Managers and Decision Makers Plan for Climate Change

Picture This: A National Climate Change Viewer that Helps Land Managers and Decision Makers Plan for Climate Change

The enormity of the challenge posed by climate change makes it difficult to visualize and understand on the ground. Even though wide-ranging impacts...

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USGS Participation in the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

USGS Participation in the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

This year's Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, coordinated by the Natural Hazards Center at CU Boulder on July 11 – 14, 2021...

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Greater Yellowstone Area expected to become warmer, drier

Greater Yellowstone Area expected to become warmer, drier

Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic Greater Yellowstone Area since 1950 because of climate change, and these...

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Using tree-rings to unravel avalanche frequency and associated climate drivers in the northern Rocky Mountains

Using tree-rings to unravel avalanche frequency and associated climate drivers in the northern Rocky Mountains

This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Management strategies that can offset climate-change effects on wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region

Management strategies that can offset climate-change effects on wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region

This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Do mountain clouds exist because of upwind forests?

Do mountain clouds exist because of upwind forests?

This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Carbon storage in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under future warming scenarios

Carbon storage in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under future warming scenarios

This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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